OpenTelemetry in Focus, July 2023
Welcome back to OpenTelemetry in Focus for July, 2023! I hope you’re all having a great summer (or if you’re in the southern hemisphere, a great winter!) Let’s get into the updates and releases from the past month.
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Releases and Updates
Here are the latest updates from some of our core repositories.
Specification
Version 1.23
does not include any significant changes, but some refinements have been made to
the configuration of TracerProvider and MeterProvider.
Semantic Conventions
Version 1.21
is the first standalone release of the semantic conventions, separate from the
specification. This release is a substantial one, with several notable
breaking changes to messaging, http, and net namespaces. For more
details, see the release notes.
Collector
Version 0.82.0 has been released, along with 0.81.
The major addition in 0.82 is the ability to export collector telemetry via OTLP. Note that this is an experimental feature. 0.81 removes the connectors feature gate, as connectors are no longer experimental. Both releases include a variety of enhancements and bug fixes, as well. Please see the release notes for more details.
collector-contrib
has also seen many updates, enhancements, and bug fixes. Notably, many receivers
now use opaque strings for configuration. This may require changes to your
collector configuration. New connectors and exporters have been added as well,
such as the exceptionsconnector and opensearchexporter.
Java
Version 1.28 includes a variety of updates and bug fixes.
Java Instrumentation has also been released, with some required migrations due to semantic convention updates.
Python
Version 1.19 includes updates to OTLP and log support.
JavaScript
Version 1.15.1 includes metric bug fixes for histograms and exponential histograms. In addition, OTLP support has been updated.
.NET
Version 1.6.0-alpha.1 has been released. 1.6 re-introduces support for exemplars, as well as implementing the logs bridge API. Other updates and bug fixes are included as well.
News and Upcoming Events
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